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Baruch Spinoza Quote - Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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Death Life Man Meditation Wisdom
Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Foundation Preservation Primary Virtue
Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.
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Action Cause Conscious Detrmination Freedom Ignorance Men Mistake Opinion
Reason is no match for passion.
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Match One Liner Passion Reason
Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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Belong Man Nature Understand
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Capacity Happiness Men Silence Speak World
No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Life Matter Philosophy Situation Slice Thin
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Hard Time Inspirational Understand Weep
In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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Compell Follow Life Practical Science Truth
The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Clear Emotion Lover Understand
Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Faith Obedience Philosophy Save Truth
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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Action Effort Hate Human Strive Understand Weep
Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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Arise Himself Man Pleasure Pride Thinking
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Emotion Man Master Prey
Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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Appearance Chance Knowledge Lack Nature
We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Eternal Experience Feeling One Liner Ourselves

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